Tribal Green Building Toolkit

• Land Use
• Materials and Resource Conservation
• Human Health: Radon, Mold and other Hazardous Pollutants
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Water Access, Management and Sanitation
• Resilience and Adaptability
• Code Implementation and Compliance
• Updating, Adapting or Adopting Codes or Developing New Codes

Download the Tribal Green Building Toolkit

• EPA's Tribal Green Building Toolkit (pdf) (6.6 MB, Revised: December 2023)
  EPA's Tribal Green Building Toolkit (Toolkit) is designed to help Tribal officials, community members, planners, developers, and architects develop and adopt building codes to support green building practices. Both Tribes without building codes and with existing building codes can use this Toolkit.
• Case Study: Gila River Indian Community (pdf) (448.23 KB, February 2017)
  The Gila Indian Community (GRIC) is an Indian reservation in south-central Arizona, home to approximately 12,500 Community Members from both the Akimel O'odham (Pima) and Pee-Posh (Maricopa) Tribes. Through these projects, the Community gained experience in constructing to higher energy and environmental standards, aligning with their commitment to creating more energy-efficient and healthier housing within the Community.